Tag: varanasi
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Between Balloons and Smoke
The boat cut through the river slowly, deliberately, carrying us past the city’s ancient ghats, each one a chapter in Varanasi’s long history. The guide spoke only in Hindi—Gopi’s instruction, meant to sharpen my ear—but the words I caught were enough. Dah Sanskar, the final rites. The smoke rising from Manikarnika Ghat was not just…
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